Background

PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms-vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations-that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion to transform health systems.

Responsibilities

Global Supply Planning and Commodity Risk Analysis

• Lead development and dissemination of a consolidated quarterly aggregated supply plan report across the four project-supported countries, highlighting current and project stockouts, procurement delays, funding gaps, excess stock and expiry risks.
• Collect, validate, analyze, and synthesize forecasting, inventory, procurement, shipment, and consumption data from country teams.
• Develop and maintain methodologies for identifying and tracking stock-out risks, overstock risks, expiries, pipeline gaps, and funding shortfalls.
• Produce country-level and cross-country analyses of commodity availability for: Malaria commodities, MNCH commodities (Burkina Faso and Niger only).
• Prepare dashboards, risk summaries, and visualization products for internal and donor reporting.
• Monitor supply chain performance indicators and trends to enable proactive risk mitigation and decision-making.
• Collaborate with technical and program teams to ensure data consistency and timely reporting.

Technical Assistance and Capacity Strengthening

• Provide ongoing technical support to country teams in Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, and Ghana on forecasting, quantification, and supply planning processes.
• Support quarterly supply planning reviews and stock status assessments.
• Facilitate routine review meetings focused on commodity availability, procurement planning, and supply chain risks.
• Strengthen country capacity to interpret supply chain data and use analytical outputs for decision-making.
• Support the preparation and review of annual quantification exercises and commodity planning workshops.

Quantification Analytics Tool (QAT) Support

• Serve as a technical resource for implementation and effective use of the Quantification Analytics Tool (QAT).
• Support country teams in applying appropriate forecasting methodologies, including consumption-based, morbidity-based, demographic, and service statistics forecasting approaches.
• Guide users in developing forecasts, evaluating assumptions, comparing forecasting methods, and selecting final planning scenarios.
• Support country teams in translation of forecasts into supply plans and monitoring of procurement and delivery schedules.
• Provide technical assistance related to inventory monitoring, stock status analysis, shipment planning, and expiry management within QAT.
• Promote best practices for data management, standardization, and reporting using QAT.
• Support utilization of QAT interoperability features, data exports, and integrations with procurement and logistics management systems, as appropriate.

Stakeholder Engagement and Knowledge Management

• Coordinate with government stakeholders, implementing partners, procurement agents, donors, and PATH country offices to ensure timely access to critical supply chain data.
• Document lessons learned, best practices, and recommendations to improve forecasting and supply planning processes.
• Contribute to development of guidance documents, standard operating procedures, training materials, and reporting templates.
• Support donor reporting and technical presentations related to supply chain performance and commodity security.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Public Health, Pharmacy, Epidemiology, Business Administration, International Development, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of seven years of experience in health supply chain management, forecasting, quantification, and supply planning in low- and middle-income countries.
• Demonstrated experience supporting U.S. Government-funded global health programs.
• Experience supporting commodity planning and supply chain strengthening for malaria programs; experience in additional health areas is desirable.
• Strong analytical skills and demonstrated experience interpreting supply chain, logistics, inventory, procurement, and consumption data.
• Experience facilitating quantification workshops, forecasting reviews, and supply planning exercises.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other data analysis tools.
• Experience using forecasting, quantification, and supply planning software platforms, preferably including QAT or comparable tools.
• Professional fluency in English and French.
• Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple countries and diverse stakeholder groups.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally as required.
• Must have legal authorization to work in the country of hire.

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting regional or multi-country supply chain programs.
• Familiarity with systems such as ARTMIS, LMIS, HMIS, Wambo, and related health information systems.
• Experience developing dashboards and using data visualization or business intelligence platforms.
• Knowledge of interoperability approaches, data integration, and API-enabled information exchange.
• Experience working in Sub-Saharan Africa and in humanitarian or fragile settings.
• Demonstrated experience strengthening local capacity and institutionalizing supply chain improvements.

• Lead development and dissemination of a consolidated quarterly aggregated supply plan report across the four project-supported countries, highlighting current and project stockouts, procurement delays, funding gaps, excess stock and expiry risks.
• Collect, validate, analyze, and synthesize forecasting, inventory, procurement, shipment, and consumption data from country teams.
• Develop and maintain methodologies for identifying and tracking stock-out risks, overstock risks, expiries, pipeline gaps, and funding shortfalls.
• Produce country-level and cross-country analyses of commodity availability for: Malaria commodities, MNCH commodities (Burkina Faso and Niger only).
• Prepare dashboards, risk summaries, and visualization products for internal and donor reporting.
• Monitor supply chain performance indicators and trends to enable proactive risk mitigation and decision-making.
• Collaborate with technical and program teams to ensure data consistency and timely reporting.
• Provide ongoing technical support to country teams in Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, and Ghana on forecasting, quantification, and supply planning processes.
• Support quarterly supply planning reviews and stock status assessments.
• Facilitate routine review meetings focused on commodity availability, procurement planning, and supply chain risks.
• Strengthen country capacity to interpret supply chain data and use analytical outputs for decision-making.
• Support the preparation and review of annual quantification exercises and commodity planning workshops.
• Serve as a technical resource for implementation and effective use of the Quantification Analytics Tool (QAT).
• Support country teams in applying appropriate forecasting methodologies, including consumption-based, morbidity-based, demographic, and service statistics forecasting approaches.
• Guide users in developing forecasts, evaluating assumptions, comparing forecasting methods, and selecting final planning scenarios.
• Support country teams in translation of forecasts into supply plans and monitoring of procurement and delivery schedules.
• Provide technical assistance related to inventory monitoring, stock status analysis, shipment planning, and expiry management within QAT.
• Promote best practices for data management, standardization, and reporting using QAT.
• Support utilization of QAT interoperability features, data exports, and integrations with procurement and logistics management systems, as appropriate.
• Coordinate with government stakeholders, implementing partners, procurement agents, donors, and PATH country offices to ensure timely access to critical supply chain data.
• Document lessons learned, best practices, and recommendations to improve forecasting and supply planning processes.
• Contribute to development of guidance documents, standard operating procedures, training materials, and reporting templates.
• Support donor reporting and technical presentations related to supply chain performance and commodity security.

• Strong analytical skills
• Microsoft Excel
• Data analysis tools
• Forecasting software
• Quantification software
• Supply planning software
• QAT
• English
• French
• Written communication
• Verbal communication
• Facilitation skills
• Stakeholder engagement skills

• Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Public Health, Pharmacy, Epidemiology, Business Administration, International Development, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of seven years of experience in health supply chain management, forecasting, quantification, and supply planning in low- and middle-income countries.
• Demonstrated experience supporting U.S. Government-funded global health programs.
• Experience supporting commodity planning and supply chain strengthening for malaria programs; experience in additional health areas is desirable.
• Strong analytical skills and demonstrated experience interpreting supply chain, logistics, inventory, procurement, and consumption data.
• Experience facilitating quantification workshops, forecasting reviews, and supply planning exercises.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other data analysis tools.
• Experience using forecasting, quantification, and supply planning software platforms, preferably including QAT or comparable tools.
• Professional fluency in English and French.
• Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple countries and diverse stakeholder groups.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally as required.
• Must have legal authorization to work in the country of hire.
• Experience supporting regional or multi-country supply chain programs.
• Familiarity with systems such as ARTMIS, LMIS, HMIS, Wambo, and related health information systems.
• Experience developing dashboards and using data visualization or business intelligence platforms.
• Knowledge of interoperability approaches, data integration, and API-enabled information exchange.
• Experience working in Sub-Saharan Africa and in humanitarian or fragile settings.
• Demonstrated experience strengthening local capacity and institutionalizing supply chain improvements.